After the Giants scored a run on a wild pitch in the first inning, Gary Alexander took over with the bat and hit a triple and homer to lead the way to a 4-3 victory over the Reds. Mike Lum homered for the Reds in the second and Johnny Bench drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the fourth to produce a 2-1 lead, but triples by Alexander and Derrel Thomas and a sacrifice fly by Rob Andrews sent the Giants ahead in the fifth. Alexander followed with his homer in the seventh for what proved to be the winning run. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 4, Cincinnati Reds 3
Game Played on Friday, August    12, 1977 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         0  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  6  0
Giants       1  0  0    0  2  0    1  0  x  -   4  5  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               4   0   2   0     0   0   .305      Thomas cf             3   2   2   1     1   0   .249
Griffey rf            4   1   1   0     0   2   .318      Andrews 2b            3   0   1   1     0   0   .271
Morgan 2b             2   1   0   0     2   0   .297      Madlock 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .291
Driessen 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .299        Evans 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Bench c               3   0   0   1     0   1   .267      McCovey 1b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .282
Lum lf                3   1   1   1     0   2   .191      Clark rf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .265
  Bailey ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .281      Thomasson lf          3   0   0   0     0   0   .259
  Armbrister pr       0   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Foli ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .236
Geronimo cf           3   0   0   0     0   2   .266      Alexander c           2   2   2   1     1   0   .339
  Knight ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .288      Montefusco p          2   0   0   0     0   0   .114
Concepcion ss         3   0   0   0     0   1   .270        Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Soto p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Summers ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .213
  Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .100

Totals               31   3   6   3     2  11             Totals               27   4   5   3     2   4

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance:  9,240
Left on Base: Reds 4, Giants 4
DP: Reds 0, Giants 1
Triples: Alexander (2), Thomas (6)
Home Runs: Lum (4), Alexander (4)
Stolen Bases: Rose (13), Morgan (34)
Sacrifice Hits: Montefusco (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Bench (5), Andrews (2)
GIDP: Griffey (11)
Hit by Pitch: Madlock (6,by Soto)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Soto L(2-2)             7     5   4   4   2   3   1  29   3.28
Murray                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.85
Totals                  8     5   4   4   2   4   1  32

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco W(6-9)       8     5   3   3   2   9   1  30   3.69
Lavelle                 0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.74
Moffitt SV(8)           0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.80
Totals                  9     6   3   3   2  11   1  34

Hit by Pitch: Soto (1)
Wild Pitches: Soto (4)

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Jerry Crawford


REDS 1ST: Rose singled to center; Griffey grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Rose out at second]; Morgan
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Thomas walked; Andrews singled [Thomas to second];
Madlock was hit by a pitch [Thomas to third, Andrews to second];
McCovey struck out; Soto threw a wild pitch [Thomas scored,
Andrews to third, Madlock to second]; Clark was called out on
strikes; Thomasson grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 1.

REDS 2ND: EVANS REPLACED MADLOCK (PLAYING 3B); Driessen flied
out to center; Bench struck out; Lum homered; Geronimo struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Foli flied out to left; Alexander walked; Montefusco
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Alexander to
second]; Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 1.

REDS 3RD: Concepcion struck out; Soto flied out to right; Rose
singled to left; Rose stole second; Griffey struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Andrews flied out to center; Evans made an out to
second; McCovey flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
1, Giants 1.

REDS 4TH: Morgan walked; Morgan stole second; Driessen grounded
out (second to first) [Morgan to third]; Bench hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Morgan scored]; Lum struck out; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Clark struck out; Thomasson made an out to
shortstop; Foli grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 1.

REDS 5TH: Geronimo flied out to center; Concepcion popped to
first in foul territory; Soto struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 2, Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Alexander tripled to center; Montefusco grounded out
(second to first); Thomas tripled to right [Alexander scored];
Andrews hit a sacrifice fly to center [Thomas scored]; Evans
flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 3.

REDS 6TH: Rose flied out to right; Griffey was called out on
strikes; Morgan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
2, Giants 3.

GIANTS 6TH: McCovey flied out to left; Clark made an out to
shortstop; Thomasson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 2, Giants 3.

REDS 7TH: Driessen grounded out (first unassisted); Bench flied
out to right; Lum was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 3.

GIANTS 7TH: Foli popped to third in foul territory; Alexander
homered; Montefusco flied out to right; Thomas singled to right;
Andrews flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2,
Giants 4.

REDS 8TH: Geronimo struck out; Concepcion flied out to right;
SUMMERS BATTED FOR SOTO; Summers singled to first; Rose forced
Summers (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2,
Giants 4.

GIANTS 8TH: MURRAY REPLACED SUMMERS (PITCHING); Evans popped to
third in foul territory; McCovey struck out; Clark grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Giants 4.

REDS 9TH: Griffey singled; Morgan walked [Griffey to second];
LAVELLE REPLACED MONTEFUSCO (PITCHING); Driessen struck out;
Bench flied out to right; BAILEY BATTED FOR LUM; Bailey singled
[Griffey scored, Morgan to second]; KNIGHT BATTED FOR GERONIMO;
ARMBRISTER RAN FOR BAILEY; MOFFITT REPLACED LAVELLE (PITCHING);
Knight struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Giants 4.